Over the years, one thing has been very hard to grasp for some people: the fact that people want smartphones with 4.0"+ screens. These 'some people' seem to believe that because Apple chose a 3.5" display, any display size that isn't 3.5" is wrong. Keep that in mind when you read Samsung's latest little communiqué: the Korean giant has sold (not shipped, sold) more than 5 million Galaxy Notes. Which has a 5.3" screen.

Samsung have made no bones, right from the start, that they were going to market this puppy to women. Handbag-sized, with a pen to write with - in a lot of ways it's much more of a successor to Palm devices and other organisers, and around the same size.